Breast And Skin

Question 1

is a clinical presentation of advanced breast cancer

Answer 1

Inflammatory breast cancer

Question 2

worse prognosis and is treated with chemotherapy prior to surgery.

Answer 2

Inflammatory breast cancer

Question 3

Since it is confined to the ducts, it cannot metastasize (thus no axillary sampling is needed).

Answer 3

Ductal carcinoma in situ

Question 4

Total mastectomy is recommended for multicentric lesions throughout the breast; many practitioners add a sentinel node biopsy in those patients in the event that invasive cancer

Answer 4

DCIS

Question 5

is breast cancer that is not amenable to surgical resection

Answer 5

Inoperable cancer of the breast

Question 6

Treatment for inoperable breast cancer can include

Answer 6

any combination of chemotherapy, hormonal therapy (if hormone- receptor positive), or radiation, and is often considered palliative.

Question 7

For tumors >1 cm, high-grade, HER2 positive, or positive axillary lymph nodes …… therapy

Answer 7

adjuvant systemic

Question 8

• For small, low-risk tumors

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hormonal therapy without chemotherapy if tumors are estrogen-receptor positive

Question 9

In treatment of inoperable cancer of breast cancer

Premenopausal women receive…… , while postmenopausal women receive an ………

Answer 9

tamoxifen , aromatase inhibitor (e.g., anastrozole).

Question 10

Persistent headache or back pain in women with a history of breast cancer suggests.……… is diagnostic

Answer 10

metastasis , MRI

Question 11

The ………… are the most common location in the spine of metastatic tuner

Answer 11

vertebral body and pedicles

Question 12

Recurrent metastatic breast cancer can also present with malignant; …………… thoracentesis with cytological examination is indicated.

Answer 12

pleural effusion

Question 13

common, standard form of breast cancer

Answer 13

IDC

Question 14

tend to have slightly better prognosis and are treated the same way as the standard infiltrating ductal.

Answer 14

IDC

Question 15

Treatment for mastitis is ………

Answer 15

oral antibiotics

Question 16

treatment for true abscess is

Answer 16

drainage via U/S guided fine needle aspiration

Question 17

the main etiology of bloody nipple discharge;

Answer 17

Intraductal papilloma

Question 18

firm, rubbery mass that moves easily with palpation treaeted with resection

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Fibroadenoma

Question 19

Age of fibroadenoma

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Late teen to 30s

Question 20

Age of cystosarcoma phyllodes

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30s-40s

Question 21

It often presents with :
bilateral tenderness related to the menstrual cycle and multiple lumps (cysts) that seem to come and go relative to
the menstrual cycle.

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FCC / mammary dysplasia

Question 22

FCC / mammary dysplasia often present with

Answer 22

bilateral tenderness related to the menstrual cycle and multiple lumps (cysts) that seem to come and go relative to
the menstrual cycle.

Question 23

there is no ……… during the pregnancy and no ………
during the first trimester

Answer 23

radiotherapy ; chemotherapy

Question 24

Reddish “orange peel” skin over the mass (peau d’orange), which is associated with ……… caused by lymphatic involvement and resultant skin edema

Answer 24

inflammatory cancer